The wounds from the East Timor crisis are still very apparent in Indonesia and it’s one of the things that makes Papua so sensitive — the fear that Australia will do an East Timor with...

I think he has done quite well. A lot of times he could have done better. He has been hesitant.

We are seeing a conservative high tide which is a reaction to several things, but a common view that Muslim liberals have taken things too far.

People are more self-consciously Islamic but it doesn’t mean anyone is saying … we should make Indonesia an Islamic state.

Very few graduates have that combination of skills … many students are shying away from language courses and travelling to places like Indonesia or Malaysia because of the terror warnings.